Meanings (ES + gloss)
menesteres • necesidad
A requirement for something; something needed.
She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
egestad • necesidad
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.
Phrases
a friend in need is a friend indeedbasic needscall-by-needhour of needif need beif needs bein dire need ofin needneed more time in the ovenneed one's eyes checkedneed-basedneed-blindneed-fireneed-notneedcessityneedfulneedfullyneedfulnessneedilyneedinessneedlessneedlesslyneedlessnessneedlyneeds analysisneeds-blindneedsomeneedwaysneedwiseneedworthyneedypass-by-needpreneedspecial needstime the deed to the need
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hacer falta • necesitar • ocupar • precisar • requerir
To have an absolute requirement for.
Living things need water to survive.
You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.
necesitar • tener ganas de
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and the…
deber • necesitar • ser necesario que • tener que
To be obliged or required (to do something).
I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.
Phrases
I need ...I need a guideI need to vomita woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicyclebaby needs new shoescitation neededdo you need an invitationdo you need helpdo you need to use the bathroomevery king needs a queenfeelinggood wine needs no bushlast thing one needslike one needs a hole in the headneed I say moreneed no introductionneed notneed one's bumpsneed one's bumps feltneed one's head examinedneed toneed-to-knowneedableneededneederneedlingneedmentnever ask the barber if you need a haircuton a need-to-know basisunneededwith friends like these who needs enemieswith friends like those who needs enemiesyou don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows